From Scripture.

SECTION I.

Gen. ii. 2, 3. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. Isai. Iviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy Father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (See Exod. xx. 8-11.) Deut. v. 12—15. Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand and a stretched-out arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

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SECTION II.

Jer. xvii. 21, 22, 23. Thus saith the Lord, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; neither carry forth a burden of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day as I commanded your fathers. But they obeyed not, neither 'inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my. sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Ezek, xx. 12. 19, 20, Moreover, also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Exod. xvi. 23. And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which you will bake to-day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. Luke xxiii. 54, 56. And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. And they re-. turned and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day, according to the commandment. Lev. xxiii. 24. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Numb. xxix. 1. And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation ye shall do no servile work; it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. Nehem. viii. 14. And madest

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known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant. Zech. viii. 19. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts: therefore love the truth and peace. Lev. xxv. 4. But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. Deut. xv. 9. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother,, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Neh. x. 31. And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day; and that, we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.. Exod. xxxi. 15. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the day of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath-day, he shall surely be put to death. Josh. xxiv. 15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell; but{ as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Neh. xiii. 15. 17. In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses: as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all man-* ner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and L. testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them,, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? Jer. xvii. 20—22. And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates; Thus saith the

Lord, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; neither carry forth any burden out of your houses on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work; but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. (Gen. ii. 2. see above.) Col. ii. 16, 17. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath day; which are a shadow of good things to come; but the body is of Christ. Rom. xiv. 6. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord; for he giveth God thanks: and be that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not; and giveth God thanks. Luke xxiv. 1. 6. Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee. Acts xx. 7. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued in his speech until midnight. John xx. 19. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 1 Cor. xvi. 2. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. Rev. i. 9, 10. I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. Exod. xxxiv. 1. 4. 28. And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou

brakest. And he hewed two tables of stone, like unto the first: and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up into Mount Sinai, as the Lord commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Gen. ii. 3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he rested from all his work which God created and made. Heb. x. 1. For the law, having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. Col. ii. 16, 17. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days; which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is Christ. Exod. xx. 10. But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. Isai. lvi. 2. 4-7. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it: that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; even unto them will I give in mine house, and within my walls, a place and a name better than of sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all